And meanness? The Fuck-your-feelings crowd is all about theirs. All the time. And America, fuck, yeah. But what besides flag-waving and chest-thumping and damp-eyed singing of Lee Greenwood’s anthem does America mean to them? Created equal? Hanging together or hanging separately? E pluribus unum? Equal justice for all? “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”? Leave no team member behind? Not damned likely. It doesn’t seem MAGA holds any values more aspirational than every man for himself, cultural grievance, and not seeing white dominance slip. Their America is more about shibboleths and empty symbols, about tribes and owning the libs. In Jesus’ name. “The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs” (if you know the reference). Everyone else? Fuck ’em. I posited to two vets over lunch recently that this country holds up the military as America’s best. Service. Duty. Sacrifice. Everyone has a job. Everyone gets fed, housed and clothed, medical care. Leave no team member behind. A code of honor: you watch my back, I watch yours. But inside the fence line only. Step outside into the civilian world and America is dog-eat-dog. Taxes are theft. I’ve got mine, screw you. I asked, “What’s wrong with this picture?” The vets, puzzled, shook their heads. For good reason. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) opposes President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness proposal. Apparently, asking Americans to help out fellow Americans for the benefit of America is un-American. Legally and morally wrong, says Cotton. Hell, Tom, this American…